I went for my daily check up today. My blood work was scheduled for 10 AM so I got to sleep until 7 AM! Yay. But there was more traffic than ever which confuses me. I got there at 10:15 and was taken in for blood at around 10:35. I was supposed to get an IV so she had me run my arms under hot water. I have very uncooperative veins. The nurse looked nervous and I told her that maybe we should just draw blood and they can give me an IV if I need it later. She tried on my left arm and failed. She decided to get another nurse to give it a go. I convinced the second nurse that I didn't need an IV so she went for the left arm and had another fail. She then proceeded to the right arm which hasn't given anything for about a year. She got it in but the blood stopped coming and three tubes did not get filled.
I went up for my appointment that was scheduled at 11, I got there at 11:30 and wasn't seen until 12:20. I hate waiting around. The aprn said that everything looked good. No magnesium today!! I have been taking the mag plus protein three times a day, 2 each time. I asked when I could change diapers & clean and she said not for 100 days. I am doing pretty good with not getting antsy in the house but it is about to be spring and the weather is still like winter here. I wish it were warmer so I could go outside more often.
The three tubes that weren't drawn were for the test that shows how many of the cells are produced by me vs the donor. So needless to say, I needed to get poked again. I went to the IV nurse who could not get my arm. I ran my hands under hot water for a few minutes and she stuck my hand and we got the three tubes! I guess fifth time's the charm today.
I keep forgetting to write to my donor. I have to do that. I can't write anything about myself so it's going to be kind of hard to express my complete gratitude. Hopefully after a year we can become Facebook friends or something.